Chapter Eighty-Six: Success
Dream Shadow is a twenty-year-old young man who has been serialized several times in Weekly Shonen.
In the first year of his debut, he drew four short comics, three of which had poor reader survey results, and only one of them was successfully converted into a serialized comic. But the comic series lasted only two months before it was cut in half because of a drop in grades.
"Weekly Shonen" may be just a game place for manga geniuses, but in the eyes of Dream Shadow, it is a difficult cliff to climb. There is a big gap between his comics and mainstream cartoonists, and he is good at modern warfare, depicting tanks and warships and other weapons, which also makes his readers very niche.
Mengying firmly believes that the overall strength of his comics is no worse than others, but the niche readers make it impossible for him to support long-term serialization, and he wants to give up the war theme several times, but is denied by the editor in charge, Zhang Xiu.
"How do you compete with others if you give up what you're good at?"
Zhang Xiu's words were still in his ears, which made Mengying desperate for a while, wanting to escape, he felt that it was difficult for him to gain a foothold in the comic industry.
However, in despair, the genius who was out of reach in his eyes came up with a new theme, Gundam - a huge war machine, and the moment he saw this machine, his dream appeared, and he had the hope of success.
No one else in "Weekly Boy" could paint the machine as well as him, he studied all night, did not sleep for several days, and rushed out the first manuscript with Zhang Xiu. And this manuscript, as expected, has gained a pass.
When she received the news of Tongguò, Yumekage even started crying.
"I made it, I made it!"
He hugged Zhang Xiu and cried, Zhang Xiu knew the pressure of his year, and invited him to eat barbecue after he finished crying. The two discuss manga and imagine the future at the barbecue restaurant, and Yumekage pours on the table in a small amount of alcohol. He was so tired that he hadn't slept since the Gundam theme came out.
Zhang Xiu carried him home, and the Dream Shadow fans still remembered the struggle of this weak-looking editor, who was sweating profusely and spent almost an hour carrying the Dream Shadow home, and then handed it over to his mother.
That night, Yumekage vows that he will succeed, he loves drawing comics, and he loves the editors and all his peers who work hard for comics.
On Wednesdays, "Weekly Shonen" went on sale. Dream Shadow gets up early and goes out, and although he has been audited by the teacher, he still has to face a brutal reader investigation.
This readership survey is more terrifying than ever, and previous manga shorts had a chance to be serialized as long as they were in the top 10 of the survey results, but this survey had to be in the top three. And in the top three, there is already a place taken by Teacher He Xi's "Detective Conan"!
"Will it work?"
Feeling a little nervous, he walked into the bookstore to take an observation. Although it was early, there were already people in the bookstore who came to buy "Weekly Shonen", and its sales are gradually increasing with the popularity of He Xi.
"Why is this issue of the magazine thicker than before, boss, has the price gone up again? Why is Phoenix like this, originally this magazine was only available to "Detective Conan", isn't this deliberately cheating our money? ”
One reader complained at checkout.
"Don't worry." The owner of the bookstore scanned the barcode and explained with a smile: "The price is still the same, and this week the column "He Xi's Guidance Room" has been added, and short comics drawn by He Xi's teacher will be launched. ”
"Why do you regret the teacher's guidance comics?"
The reader immediately surged with interest: "What a pity the teacher is really good, I remember that he only debuted half a year ago, right?" In the blink of an eye, I can instruct other people, but also, if other cartoonists don't care about one-third of their teacher's skills, they won't hear people talk bad about "Weekly Shonen" everywhere. ”
"By the way, what kind of comic is that?"
"The sci-fi manga, the name seems to be Gundam or something, it looks very cool!" The bookstore owner's eyes lit up, and he said with some excitement: "It is said that this theme is provided by the teacher, and a series of short stories will be launched in the next few weeks, you must take a look, it's really good." ”
"So good?" The reader checked out, picked up "Weekly Shonen", and looked at the introduction on the cover: "The new short story is "Gundam Early Century", and the painter is Mr. Mengying...... Why haven't I heard of this teacher? ”
"I haven't heard of it either, it doesn't matter, he painted Gundam very well, it's unprecedented." The boss gave a thumbs up: "I finished reading it in the morning, and there have been organic qì people fighting in my head, and sure enough, the steel war is a man's comic, and the guys are out of the charts!" ”
Hearing this, Mengying praised in his heart, and sure enough, the genius cartoonist didn't blow it out, just by giving a theme to capture the reader's heart. Dream Shadow failed in the past because of the niche nature of the theme, and many people don't look at this theme.
But what a pity that the teacher waved his hand casually and turned the niche market into a mass out of thin air, which is really admirable.
Although Gundam is science fiction, it is a machine with people piloted by people, and the battle scenes are blowing up in the sky, which makes the reader's blood boil and hearty, which is completely different from the iron bumps of tank battleships. Tanks and battleships are a war when they release shells in a daze, how can there be a Gundam rushing up, and the real punch is a painful and refreshing!?
"It can be successful!"
Dream Shadow began to get excited, he saw the reaction of the bookstore owner, the success of the investigation was very high.
Sure enough, the next day, the "Weekly Shonen" came out, and "Gundam Early Century" ranked second, and the editorial department was full of praise for He Xi and the new theme. Dream Shadow has been given the opportunity to be serialized in a new series, and has become the most anticipated manga artist under He Xi's teacher, and it is foreseeable that "Gundam First Century" will be a long-term serialized manga.
The other manga artists were shocked that the Gundam theme had made a good start, and everyone was envious and jealous, and while saying hello to Yumekage, these manga artists began to prepare for the Gundam series even more frantically, and in the next few weeks, there was a chance that if they took the serialization spot, they would be the veterans of the Gundam series in the future.
The following day, the newspaper "Weekly Girl" also came out. A new work in the magical girl series, "I'm a junior high school student, and I'm also a magical girl" by the teacher of the righteous dweller, is second only to "Inuyasha".
Gundam, Magical Girl - In just one week, Meng Shu fulfilled half of his promise to Xu Jing, not only the entire Phoenix Company cheered, but even Xu Jing, who heard the news, couldn't calm down, and burned his hand when making tea.
And Meng was ......
When Alice told Meng Shu the result with excitement on her face, he was unexpectedly calm.
"Really? Then I'm almost ......."
Meng Shu, who obviously had dark circles under his eyes, muttered, and after a week, his new comic was soon released, and the name was - "Five Centimeters in Seconds"!
(Thanks to Dream Shadow?) And the reward of meditation on the heart! )
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